Some of the biggest names in Hollywood have attended the Cannes Film Festival throughout the week, including a special appearance from legendary actress June Squibb.
The 95-year-old actress hasn’t allowed her age to stop her from continuing with her career, appearing in Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut, Eleanor the Great.
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The film—also starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Erin Kellyman—scored a five-minute standing ovation at the French event, as it gains early buzz for the powerful storyline and intergenerational casting.
The Good Girls actress also turned heads as she ditched her wheelchair to walk the red carpet alongside Johannson and Kellyman.
Donning a colorful floral kimono with black pants, the iconic actress used a cane as she posed for photos, holding hands with her castmates for additional support. While attending the film’s screening the day before, Squibb opted for a floral black gown.
Per Variety, Johansson said premiering the film at Cannes is “really a dream come true,” adding that it’s a film “about friendship, it’s about grief, it’s about forgiveness. And I think those are all themes that we can use a lot more of these days.”
The drama piece finds Squibb as the eponymous title lead, who moves from Florida to New York City for a fresh start after the death of her best friend and learns that “making new friends at ninety proves difficult.”
“Longing for connection, she befriends a 19-year-old student,” the synopsis notes.
As for how Squibb feels about her status in the industry, she previously told The Hollywood Reporter, “If I’m called ‘icon’ one more time, I’m going to scream,” noting that the attention gets a little ridiculous at times: “A 70-year-old will say, ‘I want to be you when I grow up!'”
Squibb began her career with a Broadway debut in Gypsy in 1959, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2013 for the film Nebraska, and landed her first leading role in an action comedy just last year in Thelma.
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